| The reward for his family was ennoblement and the right to exploit the canal as a fief with rights of seigneurial jurisdiction. |
| Well-to-do commoners used their money to acquire public office and landed property, which in turn paved the way for ennoblement. |
| Besides her ennoblement as a Dame in 1993, her awards included the TS Eliot Prize and the British Literature Prize. |
| Whatever the motivations of those who supported his ennoblement, however, there was no disguising the pettiness of those who opposed it. |
| In 1789 half of the cahiers of the nobility demanded the end to ennoblement through venal offices. |
| With his ennoblement Goethe might be thought to have reached the pinnacle of his career. |
